# Waitlist by room

A term used when buying childcare center.

Children waiting for a place, counted by age group instead of as one number.

Capacity is licensed by room and staffed by ratio, so a waitlist is only worth something where the room has space and a teacher. Fifty children waiting for infant places in a center that is full of infants and empty of preschoolers is not demand a buyer can convert. Ask for the list by age group against licensed and staffed capacity in each, because the three together say whether growth is a hiring problem, a licensing one, or nothing at all.

Part of: Buying a Childcare Center (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center/terms/waitlist-by-room
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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